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Mauro Picone
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| Born | May 2, 1885 Palermo, Italy |
| Died | April 11, 1977 (aged 91) Roma, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Fields | Calculus of variation, ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, differential geometry |
| Institutions | University of Cagliari, University of Catania, University of Naples Federico II, Università di Roma |
| Alma mater | Scuola Normale Superiore (1909) |
| Doctoral advisor | Luigi Bianchi |
| Doctoral students | see the teaching activity section |
| Known for | Picone identity, Sturm-Picone comparison theorem |
| Influenced | Partial differential equations, ordinary differential equations, mathematical analysis, numerical analysis. |
Mauro Picone (2 May 1885 – 11 April 1977) was an Italian mathematician. He is known for the Picone identity, for the Sturm-Picone comparison theorem and for being the founder of the Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, presently named after him. He was also an outstandig teacher of mathematical analysis: some of the best Italian mathematicians were among his pupils.
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His teaching activity is legendary in Italy: